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Board & Officers

Responsibility for running the SMS rests with a dedicated board of volunteer Directors, paid Officers, and a small staff. Each Director sits on at least one sub-committee spanning:

  • Management Group / Budget
  • Bridle Fitting
  • Saddle Fitting
  • Complaints
  • Conference
  • Craft & Membership
  • Education, Training & CPD
  • Intelligence
  • International
  • Marketing / Fundraising
  • Member Wellbeing
  • Modules CPD
  • Research
  • SLO & Welfare
  • Trade
  • Task & Finish: Diversity, Inclusion & Succession
  • Task & Finish: Member Category Simplification

Directors

Hazel Morley

CEO

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Bridle Fitting, Saddle Fitting, Complaints, Craft & Membership, International, Marketing, Member Wellbeing, Modules & CPD, SLO & Welfare

Karen Schlotter

President

Committee & Other Roles

Bridle Fitting, Craft & Membership, Modules & CPD

Trainer, Assessor

Catherine Baker

Vice President

Committee & Other Roles

Bridle Fitting, Craft & Membership, Events, Member Wellbeing

Trainer, Assessor

Chris Taylor

Immediate Past President (Ex Officio)

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Craft & Membership, Member Wellbeing, Modules & CPD, Diversity & Inclusion

Trainer, Assessor

Bea Blakeman

Treasurer

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Saddle Fitting, Events, Intelligence, International, Marketing

Assessor

Mark Romain, MBE

Training Officer

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Craft & Membership, Modules & CPD

Trainer, Assessor

Laurence Pearman

Liaison Officer

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Saddle Fitting, Complaints, Craft & Membership, International, Member Wellbeing, Modules & CPD, Research, Trade

Trainer, Assessor

Dr Jane Nixon, MRCVS

Veterinary Advisor

Committee & Other Roles

Bridle Fitting, Saddle Fitting, Research, SLO & Welfare

Helen Reader

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Craft & Membership, Bridle Fitting, Events, Complaints, SLO & Welfare, Member Wellbeing, Diversity & Inclusion

Trainer, Assessor

Sue Norton

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Management Group, Saddle Fitting, Research

Trainer, Assessor

James Hitchin

Executive Director

Corrie King

Executive Director

Clair Rivers Boyden

Executive Director

Andrea Patterson

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Complaints, Research, Craft & Membership, Modules & CPD

Assessor

Frances Roche

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Course Leader Bridle Fitting, Craft & Membership

Trainer, Assessor

Diana Fisher

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Bridle Fitting, Research

Trainer, Assessor

Denise Silman

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Events, International, Marketing, Modules & CPD, Diversity & Inclusion

Trainer, Assessor

Helen Dart

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Saddle Fitting, Complaints, Events, Member Wellbeing, Modules & CPD, Research

Trainer, Assessor

Richard Brown

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Trade

Sam Belasco

Executive Director

Committee & Other Roles

Bridle Fitting, Craft & Membership, SLO & Welfare

Trainer, Assessor

Sarah Stevens

Executive Director

Sammy Leahy

Executive Director

Complaints, Craft & Membership, Intelligence, Marketing

Contact A Director

Please use this contact form to send a message directly to one of our executive directors. Just select the name of the person you wish to contact, complete the form, and press submit.

If you wish to contact our head office for guidance, information or any other enquiry, please visit our Contact page.

If you would like to share a compliment about one of our members or staff, or to make a complaint, please visit our Complaints & Feedback page.